
A small Bavarian village is renowned for its "Ruby Glass" glass blowing works. When the foreman of the works dies suddenly without revealing the secret of the Ruby Glass, the town slides into a deep depression, and the owner of the glassworks becomes obssessed with the lost secret.
Cast

Josef Bierbichler
Hias
Stefan Güttler
Hüttenbesitzer

Clemens Scheitz
Adalbert, the servant
Sonja Skiba
Ludmilla

Volker Prechtel
Wudy
Brunhilde Klöckner
Paulin
Wolf Albrecht
Sam
Thomas Binkley
Lute player
Janos Fischer
Ägide
Wilhelm Friedrich
Unknown
Edith Gratz
Unknown
Alois Hruschka
Unknown
Egmont Hugel
Unknown
Sterling Jones
Unknown

Wolfram Kunkel
Unknown
Werner Lederle
Unknown
Richard Levitt
Unknown
Sepp Müller
Unknown
Agnes Nuissl
Unknown
Andrea von Ramm
Unknown

Werner Herzog
Glass Transporter
Crew

Werner Herzog
Director, Writer, Producer

Herbert Achternbusch
Writer
Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
Editor

Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein
Director of Photography
Cornelius Siegel
Production Design, Set Designer
Angelika Dreis
Editorial Production Assistant
Michael Gast
Camera Operator
Gisela Storch
Costume Design
Ann Poppel
Costume Design
Haymo Henry Heyder
Sound Designer
Peter van Anft
Sound Designer
Alfred Huck
Lighting Supervisor
Popol Vuh
Music
Henning von Gierke
Set Designer
Gunter Freyse
Still Photographer
Regine Krejci
Script Supervisor
Joschi Arpa
Location Manager
Walter Saxer
Production Manager
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